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Ron Johnson: “It was actually Tom Coburn and Barack Obama who introduced that legislation.”

On the recordJune 10, 2014
It was actually Tom Coburn and Barack Obama who introduced that legislation.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Johnson credits Coburn and Obama for introducing the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act.

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